Ice Castle Cake

A dusting of Sparkling Sugar gives your Ice Castle cake its frosty finish. Romantic Castle Cake Set provides the towers and turrets, door and windows that make this majestic design suitable for your royal family!

Step 1

Step 2

For frames, combine 4 oz. sugar with violet and rose icing colors and tint as above. Set aside. Prepare towers to insert in cake.

Step 3

To make 1 large, 4 medium and 4 small towers which will be inserted in cake more stable, attach plastic dowel rods, cut 1 in. shorter than height of cake, to bottom of towers. Stand tower upside down; attach cut dowel rod to base with melted candy. Refrigerate until firm.

Step 4

Ice towers and peaks smooth in buttercream; immediately press white sugar on towers and rose sugar on peaks. Pipe a tip 3 line of icing around door and window pieces; immediately press violet sugar on lines. Let all dry.

Step 6

Position on 14 in. cake; smooth with Fondant Smoother. Thin piping gel with water and brush on overlay and 8 in. cake; immediately press white sugar on surface. Roll 1/2 in. balls of blue fondant and attach for bottom border with damp brush.

Step 7

Mark and cut holes for 1 large and 2 medium towers on 8 in. cake top. Position 8 in. cake on 14 in. cake; insert door on front. On 14 in. cake, mark and cut holes for 2 small towers in front, 2 medium towers on side and 2 small towers in back. Insert all towers. Attach windows and position rock candy.